CMGI - the Internet parent whose siblings include AltaVista - lost more than $1 billion last quarter as the company reported increased losses and falling revenues despite continued restructuring at the company.

Four US consumer organisations are poised to damn Windows XP later today, and to offer their thoughts on the measures the courts should take to protect the public from the Beast. At a Washington press conference the Consumer Federation of America, the Consumers Union, the Media Access Project and US Public Interest Research Group intend to explain why Windows XP "advances the company's illegal anti-competitive practices and harms the nation's consumers."